Adrian Surname

9,739th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 57,972 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Guyana

Adrian Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Adrian.' The form Adrain is an old one. The sheriff, John Adrian, entered below, is recorded as John Adrain: Hundred Rolls.

John Adrien, Suffolk, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

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Adrian Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia8,1161:16,2952,028
Tanzania8,0881:6,546844
United States7,8191:46,3565,639
Germany4,9571:16,2412,140
Venezuela4,5401:6,653757
Mexico3,3421:37,1412,181
Spain2,7161:17,2141,934
Romania1,9251:10,4301,368
France1,6111:41,2315,172
Bolivia1,4491:7,327907
Peru1,3991:22,7192,552
Oman1,2551:2,939433
Ecuador9881:16,0992,407
Canada9011:40,8945,098
Poland8391:45,3027,125
Sri Lanka8041:25,8813,346
Saudi Arabia7161:43,0956,100
Australia3841:70,3018,321
England3831:145,47814,025
Denmark3801:14,8551,459
Malaysia3661:80,5855,685
Chile3651:48,2642,223
Dominican Republic3471:30,0661,787
Argentina3241:131,92411,171
Kenya2871:160,90612,601
Ghana2771:97,5489,187
Guyana2701:2,823524
Papua New Guinea2451:33,2803,885
Iran2221:345,86723,255
United Arab Emirates2211:41,4584,276
Sweden1881:52,3764,036
Paraguay1791:40,4291,255
Hong Kong1411:52,025927
New Zealand1171:38,7046,577
Austria1131:75,35811,422
Israel1071:79,9789,667
Brazil1001:2,140,74367,134
South Africa961:564,35143,987
Qatar941:25,0852,628
Thailand851:831,039133,417
Philippines841:1,205,21794,524
Cuba821:140,5213,545
Netherlands821:205,94128,291
Nigeria651:2,725,27387,396
Belgium581:198,21826,032
Portugal571:182,7767,697
Singapore561:98,3524,171
Taiwan521:450,8603,427
Scotland501:107,0767,147
Switzerland481:171,10215,661
India471:16,320,540259,912
Greece441:251,81338,343
El Salvador351:181,2542,002
Ireland331:142,6956,688
Italy301:2,038,55689,453
Russia271:5,337,891231,865
Honduras251:352,6582,892
Norway251:205,69123,411
Jamaica241:119,5814,532
Moldova241:148,39015,621
New Caledonia211:13,1533,514
Panama201:195,6135,661
Wales191:162,87011,152
China181:75,962,3094,162
Barbados111:26,1321,223
Czechia111:966,67976,885
Guatemala101:1,608,2675,853
Uganda101:3,903,92893,934
Northern Ireland91:205,0049,958
Cameroon91:2,307,674112,590
Egypt91:10,215,08448,153
Zimbabwe91:1,715,36084,476
Maldives71:57,7392,642
Solomon Islands71:82,86115,196
Gibraltar61:5,659991
Lesotho61:338,76016,589
Saint Lucia61:29,7971,820
Yemen51:5,285,05921,214
Madagascar41:5,912,4595,394
Malawi41:4,279,77724,060
Malta41:107,5681,849
Colombia31:15,924,69128,711
Slovakia31:1,778,817104,392
Trinidad and Tobago31:454,65814,297
Andorra21:41,9191,654
Cape Verde21:264,8215,214
Cyprus21:442,4389,493
Namibia21:1,204,70016,113
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Syria21:9,650,51117,817
Turkey21:38,910,711171,901
Uruguay21:1,715,87935,955
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Bhutan11:616,0391,715
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Dominica11:75,891912
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Fiji11:894,3914,568
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
French Polynesia11:280,8057,211
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
North Macedonia11:2,101,47231,546
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Nepal11:28,480,95622,413
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines11:112,6591,704
Slovenia11:2,487,67531,128
Somalia11:13,452,0619,224
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Transnistria11:474,69917,893
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland61:738,31121,113
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England811:300,93020,318
Scotland21:1,871,60827,884
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5621:89,3579,234

The alternate forms: Adrián (237), Adrían (2), Adriàn (1), Ádrian (1) & Ádrián (1) are calculated separately.

Adrian (1,514,539) may also be a first name.

Adrian Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Adrian.' The form Adrain is an old one. The sheriff, John Adrian, entered below, is recorded as John Adrain: Hundred Rolls.

John Adrien, Suffolk, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

John Adrian, 1258, sheriff of London: Chronicles of the Mayors and Sheriffs of London, 1188-1274.

1565-6. Audrian Awdryan and Christiane Ede: Marriage Lic (London).

1597. Matthew Merytt and Elizabeth Adrinson: ibid.

1628. Adrian Eyers and Ellen Woodcocke: Marriage Lic. (Westminster).

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(Anglo-French-Latin) belonging to H)Adria (Italy) [French Adrien, Latin H)Adrian-us, from the place- name H)Adria)

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

When not used as a Variant of Adrain this is a form of the Latin Adrianus. MIF 19. It is not a synonym of Adorian, for which see Doran

A Guide to Irish Names (1964) by Edward MacLysaght

A personal name, the Latin Hadrianus.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

(Latin.) Local. Prom the city Hadria, which Gesner derives from the Greek άδός, great or wealthy.

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

Adrian Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Adrian Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Adrian (Arabic: يدريان, Hindi: ऎडविन, Marathi: अदरीन, Oriya: ଆଡିଆନ, Russian: Адриан) occurs more in Indonesia more than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant: Adrián, Adrían, Adriàn, Ádrian or Ádrián. Click here for other potential spellings of Adrian.

How Common Is The Last Name Adrian? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 9,739th most widespread surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 125,708 people. The last name Adrian occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 37 percent of Adrian reside; 20 percent reside in North America and 15 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 482nd most widespread first name globally. It is borne by 1,514,539 people.

This last name is most widely held in Indonesia, where it is carried by 8,116 people, or 1 in 16,295. In Indonesia Adrian is primarily concentrated in: West Java, where 28 percent are found, North Sulawesi, where 12 percent are found and West Sumatra, where 8 percent are found. Aside from Indonesia it exists in 129 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 14 percent are found and The United States, where 13 percent are found.

Adrian Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Adrian has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Adrian last name expanded 1,391 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 473 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 2,500 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it expanded 550 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Adrian Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is predominantly Catholic (83%) in Ireland, Orthodox (75%) in Russia and Christian (100%) in Kenya.

In The United States those holding the Adrian surname are 12.31% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 59.08% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Adrian earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 6.45% less than the national average, earning 323,752 kr per year; in Peru they earn 5.74% more than the national average, earning S/. 20,498 per year; in South Africa they earn 35.36% more than the national average, earning R 321,672 per year; in Colombia they earn 22% more than the national average, earning $27,696,500 COP per year; in United States they earn 0.87% more than the national average, earning $43,524 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.76% less than the national average, earning $47,817 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Adrian Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Adrian in the Oriya language
ଆଡିଆନadi'ana83.33
ଆଦିଆନadi'ana16.67
Adrian in the Hindi language
ऎडविनedavina33.33
एडविनedavina33.33
एडरीनedarina33.33
Adrian in the Marathi language
अदरीनadarina13.33
अडरीयनadariyana13.33
अिदनaidana6.67
एडिरनedirana6.67
अदीरनadirana6.67
रेिगनreigana6.67
ऍडिरनedirana6.67
परीनparina6.67
ऍडरीनedarina6.67
अडिरयानadirayana6.67
डीनdina6.67
अॅडरनaedarana6.67
डानाdana6.67
Adrian in the Russian language
Адрианadrian-
Adrian in the Arabic language
يدريانydryan-
اندريانandryan-
بادريانbadryan-
آدريانadryan-
أدريانadryan-
ادريانadryan-

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